Director of Infrastructure & IT Operations

Director Of Infrastructure & It OperationsAn established, profitable consumer technology company is hiring a Director of Infrastructure & IT Operations to own both sides of the house: the production infrastructure behind a platform serving 20M+ monthly visitors, and the internal IT that keeps the company running day to day. The cloud environment and operational practices are actively being modernized. This is a build seat, not a caretaker seat.What you'll own:Cloud infrastructure and architecture (AWS)SREProduction operationsReliability at scale: SLOs, observability, incident command, disaster recoveryTraffic protection (bot mitigation, scraping defense, automated abuse prevention)Corporate IT, helpdesk, and employee technologyVendor management, infrastructure budget, and cloud costWhat the role requires:10+ years across cloud infrastructure, SRE, platform engineering, or IT operations5+ years leading teams, including managers or technical leadsReal ownership of high-traffic, customer-facing platforms in AWS or equivalentComfort spanning production engineering and employee-facing IT. Most leaders have one, not both.Strong technical judgment matters here. This is a leadership role that still expects you to make architectural calls.Fully remote, US-based.